I wasn't going to respond to this since so many were so in favor of attending commencements as I dislike them immensly as I do most other ceremonies (never even had a wedding ceremony, we went to the "marrying judge"). However, when Harry started talking about commencement speakers it got me remembering my undersraduat graduation. Nixon was president. We were supposed to have him as I speker but he could not make it at the last minute. So were were honored to have as our speaker, Spiro Agnew! Perhaps that is why I have such bad feelings about graduations.
(By the way Harry, did you do your graduate work at Rutgers? I seem to recall hearing your name when I was a student there, many years ago.)
Jeff Ngelbush
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Ferris State University
>From: "Harry Avis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Commencement speakers
>Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 13:02:44 -0700
>
>
>I agree about the commencement speakers. The alltime record was set
>by our
>beloved president (of the college) who really is a nice guy. He has
>a Latino
>last name and read a long address that had obviously been translated
>for him
>by someone in the Spanish Department. His pronunciation was so
>hideous that
>several of us sitting together got the giggles and we couldn't stop.
>A year
>or so after this experience he spent six weeks at a language school
>in
>Mexico.
>We had this discussion a while back, but I would like to reiterate
>my
>support for speakers who acutally have a point of view. Click and
>Clack, the
>tappet brothers from NPR, Geroge Carlin, Garrison Keillor, Molly
>Ivins, Kurt
>Vonnegut, Dave Barry all come to mind. With a limited budget, there
>are
>probably local people who would available. IMHO, the speaker should
>be
>iconoclastic, flip and witty, but at the same time have a serious
>theme.
>
>
>Harry Avis PhD
>Sierra College
>Rocklin, CA 95677
>email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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